cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6743513
I really hope this won't become some sort of tradition now
next: Trump branded gun
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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Was a Pepsi guy anyway.
Apparently someone loves to lick boots and give some a handie under the table.
That's why the guy put his right hand on the table... Prevent rumors.
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It was a lot of people's jobs for months now creating some special bottle and box for this PR moment... none of this should exist. It reminds me of stories about the Middle Ages, where people would come before the king and shower them with gifts to make sure they are appeased.
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Bottle needed more gold if they wanted Trump to display it anywhere.
Same style as every other inaugural coke
Oh! I didn't realize they did this for others. I see.... It's the first inaugural "Diet" Coke. Thanks!
Weirdest part to me is that I really can't believe that he's drinking Diet Coke and not regular Coke. I know there's concerns about diet sodas, but that shows a concern about his health and what he puts in his body that I never imagined Trump was capable of.
Not that I like the man but I believe he's also been against alcohol life long? Definitely has some concern with what he consumes.
Naw, I think it's because he specifically enjoys diet coke more. If I want a soda, it's diet coke or nothing. I'm in good health, but diet coke tastes great while regular coke almost makes me feel ill from the thick syrup.
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Coke has been doing this every year.
He probably wanted to be special and the ability to say "First DIET coke inaugural bottle"
From the comments here, it seems like his plan of making people think Coke is doing it to endorse him is working.
Not trying to defend the taste. I hate the taste of diet coke myself, but I don't know what it is about that diet soda specifically. I have met many people in real life and through the internet that just fucking LOVE diet coke. Idk why, but they drink 3-5 cans a day. I am working with one now that had to stop drinking for health reasons and she was talking about how she missed the taste a couple weeks ago.
Diet Coke lovers are a dedicated breed.
People just love getting addicted to shit. We are all guilty of it. We equate the dopamine rush with actual enjoyment of things. I'm not sure I actually like anything, so much as it's my brain tricking me.
This is a little tongue in cheek, but also a little not.
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You know he's a monster when he chooses Diet Coke over Coke Zero.
Maybe Pepsi is ok.
Coke is shit now, fascism soda. Relationship ended with Coke, Pepsi is new best soda.
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Whenever there's a new photo I zoom in to see how old/senile/dead he looks. Most of his publicity photos are 8 years old and he's aged a lot since then.
Never seen him looking so fucking old and wrinkled
He will be the oldest president ever to take office. Older than even Reagan or Biden
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To be fair, he is older than ever before.
Actually I think some of it is the weight he's lost recently.
But I am looking forward to him being dead, yes.
Yea I noticed that he looked thinner. I’m hoping that’s due to failing health.
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Think it's wegovy? I think it's wegovy.
-someone who is on wegovy
To be fair, he is older than ever before.
Fuck, me too
I, too, am older than ever before.
Oh look an ad
He'll need a NASCAR type jacket, featuring all of his sponsors. I just can't keep up anymore.
F1 style liveries across the White House, National Mall, and Congress
We need that for all the politicians. Only a tiny handful would have blank jackets.
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I'm seeing it as a white, blue, and red jacket. Almost flag like for the country he represents. It's got the same colors as the US flag, enough for denying it's the Russian flag, but showing his true allegiance.
Truth be told, I'd 100% prefer headlines like this over other nonsense that goes on.
"Company responsible for world's obesity and death gets free advertisement."
Don’t forget using right wing paramilitary forces to murder labor leaders in South America! Because coke also did that
The headline is still: “Company sucks up to Trump because line must go up” no different than most.
I mean Jelly Belly had a whole thing with Regan. Maybe not the best president to provide a counter example, but it's really seems like a company just playing into a president's favorite foods.
Coke does an inaugural bottle for every president
This is just the first diet one
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It's misleading
This is the first diet coke, not the first inaugural coke.
So "Company continues its tradition with making a special inaugural coke bottle"
Them not doing it would be more of a political statement
They're doing it in a harmless way and getting cheap publicity from playing him. Honestly this doesn't bug me nearly as much as the donations.
I admire the hustle.
"Lol look at those suckers spending millions and not even getting a mention in the footnote. We printed a label and a fancy box, $20 tops, got a free photo op and a smile out of old boy himself. I expect a 300% pay rise next year."
I agree.
This also isn't 2016.
The American voting public knew what they were voting for and they cast their ballots and gave Trump a presidency and a Congressional majority.
Businesses are responding to the changed political reality. And we also know how businesses operate, in an amoral fashion.
If anyone thought Coca-Cola was some paragon of virtue, then they were naive.
Of all the ring kisses, these one is the least bad. I don't think anyone thought the company that made that uncanny AI Christmas commercial is virtuous lol
Yeah I really don't know what people expected from a company that just released 3 AI made commercials (each nightmare-ish) as celebratory ads for people's most beloved holiday in the west.
Honestly that should have been people's final straw not adjusting their normal inauguration coke to be diet which is just gross for a couple reasons.
If anyone thought Coca-Cola was some paragon of virtue, then they were naive.
No one is saying that, and also there’s a big difference between a commemorative coke bottle (harmless) and removing moderation from your social media platform (meta, x) and allowing people to harass queers (harmful).